33rd United States Congress
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The Thirty-third United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate
and the United States House of Representatives
. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1853 to March 3, 1855, during the first two years of the administration of U.S. President
Franklin Pierce
. During this session, the Kansas-Nebraska Act
was passed, an act that soon led to the creation of the Republican Party
. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives
was based on the Seventh Census of the United States in 1850
. Both chambers had a Democratic
majority.
from 233 seats to 234 seats, following the 1840 United States Census (See ).
, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1856; Class 2 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1858; and Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1854.
(W). Sampson W. Harris
(D). William R. Smith
(D). George S. Houston
(D). Williamson R. W. Cobb
(D). James F. Dowdell (D)
.. Milton Latham
(D). James A. McDougall
(D)
(D). Colin M. Ingersoll
(D). Nathan Belcher
(D). Origen S. Seymour
(D)
(D). Alfred H. Colquitt
(D). David J. Bailey
(D). William B. W. Dent
(D). Elijah W. Chastain
(D). Junius Hillyer
(D). David A. Reese
(W). Alexander Stephens
(W)
(W). John Wentworth
(D). Jesse O. Norton
(W). James Knox (W). William A. Richardson
(D). Richard Yates (W). James C. Allen
(D). William H. Bissell
(ID). Willis Allen
(D)
(D). William H. English
(D). Cyrus L. Dunham
(D). James H. Lane
(D). Samuel W. Parker
(W). Thomas A. Hendricks
(D). John G. Davis
(D). Daniel Mace
(D). Norman Eddy
(D). Ebenezer M. Chamberlain
(D). Andrew J. Harlan
(D)
(D). Benjamin E. Grey
(W). Presley Ewing
(W), until September 27, 1854
(D). Theodore G. Hunt
(W). John Perkins, Jr.
(D). Roland Jones
(D)
(D). Samuel Mayall
(D). E. Wilder Farley
(W). Samuel P. Benson
(W). Israel Washburn, Jr.
(W). Thomas J. D. Fuller
(D)
(W). Jacob Shower
(D). Joshua Van Sant
(D). Henry May
(D). William T. Hamilton
(D). Augustus R. Sollers
(W)
(W), until March 4, 1854
(D). David A. Noble
(D). Samuel Clark
(D). Hestor L. Stevens
(D)
(D). William T. S. Barry
(D). Otho R. Singleton
(D). Wiley P. Harris
(D). William Barksdale
(D)
(D). Alfred W. Lamb (D). James J. Lindley (W). Mordecai Oliver
(W). John G. Miller (W). John S. Phelps
(D). Samuel Caruthers
(W)
(D). George W. Morrison
(D). Harry Hibbard
(D)
(D). Charles Skelton
(D). Samuel Lilly
(D). George Vail
(D). Alexander C. M. Pennington (W)
(D). Thomas W. Cumming
(D). Hiram Walbridge
(D). Michael Walsh
(D). William M. Tweed (D). John Wheeler
(D). William A. Walker
(D). Francis B. Cutting
(D). Jared V. Peck
(D). William Murray
(D). Theodoric R. Westbrook
(D). Gilbert Dean
(D), until July 3, 1854
(D). Thomas H. Ruffin
(D). William S. Ashe
(D). Sion H. Rogers
(W). John Kerr, Jr. (W). Richard C. Puryear
(W). F. Burton Craige
(D). Thomas L. Clingman
(D)
(D). John Scott Harrison
(W). Lewis D. Campbell
(W). Matthias H. Nichols
(D). Alfred P. Edgerton (D). Andrew Ellison
(D). Aaron Harlan
(W). Moses B. Corwin
(W). Frederick W. Green
(D). John L. Taylor
(W). Thomas Ritchey
(D). Edson B. Olds
(D). William D. Lindsley
(D). Harvey H. Johnson
(D). William R. Sapp
(W). Edward Ball
(W). Wilson Shannon
(D). George Bliss
(D). Edward Wade
(FS). Joshua R. Giddings
(FS). Andrew Stuart
(D)
(D). Joseph R. Chandler
(W). John Robbins, Jr.
(D). William H. Witte
(D). John McNair
(D). William Everhart
(W). Samuel A. Bridges
(D). Henry A. Muhlenberg
(D), until January 9, 1854
(D). Benjamin B. Thurston (D)
(D). William Aiken
(D). Laurence M. Keitt
(D). Preston Brooks
(D). James L. Orr
(D). William W. Boyce
(D)
(D), until December 25, 1853
(D). John S. Millson (D). John Caskie
(D). William Goode
(D). Thomas S. Bocock (D). Paulus Powell
(D). William Smith (D). Charles J. Faulkner
(D). John Letcher
(D). Zedekiah Kidwell
(D). John F. Snodgrass
(D), until June 5, 1854
(D). Joseph Lane
(D). John M. Bernhisel. Columbia Lancaster
(D), from April 12, 1854
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| Alabama
(2)
| Vacant
| style="font-size:80%" | Failure to elect
| | Clement C. Clay
(D
)
| November 29, 1853
|-
| Mississippi
(2)
| Vacant
| style="font-size:80%" | Vacancy in term
| | Albert G. Brown
(D
)
| January 7, 1854
|-
| Arkansas
(3)
| | Solon Borland
(D
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned April 11, 1853 after being appointed Minister to Nicaragua
and other Central American Republics
| | Robert W. Johnson
(D
)
| July 6, 1853
|-
| Louisiana
(3)
| | Pierre Soulé
(D
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned April 11, 1853 after being appointed Minister to Spain
| | John Slidell
(D
)
| December 5, 1853
|-
| New Hampshire
(2)
| | Charles G. Atherton
(D
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died November 15, 1853
| | Jared W. Williams
(D
)
| November 29, 1853
|-
| Vermont
(3)
| | Samuel S. Phelps
(W
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Senate declared not entitled to seat March 16, 1854
| | Lawrence Brainerd
(FS)
| October 14, 1854
|-
| Connecticut
(3)
| | Truman Smith
(W
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned May 24, 1854
| | Francis Gillette
(FS)
| May 24, 1854
|-
| Massachusetts
(2)
| | Edward Everett
(W
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned June 1, 1854
| | Julius Rockwell
(W
)
| June 3, 1854
|-
| New Hampshire
(2)
| | Jared W. Williams
(D
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned August 4, 1854
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
| New Hampshire
(3)
| | Moses Norris, Jr. (D
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died January 11, 1855
| | John S. Wells
(D
)
| January 16, 1855
|-
| Massachusetts
(2)
| | Julius Rockwell
(W
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Successor elected January 31, 1855
| | Henry Wilson
(FS)
| January 31, 1855
|-
| Iowa
(3)
| | Augustus C. Dodge
(D
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned February 22, 1855 after being appointed Minister to Spain
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|}
|-
|
| Vacant
| style="font-size:80%" | New seat established after Washington became a territory near the end of previous Congress. Seat was vacant until April 12, 1854.
| | Columbia Lancaster
(D
)
| Seated April 12, 1854
|-
|
| | Azariah Boody
(W
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned some time in October, 1853
| | Davis Carpenter
(W
)
| Seated November 8, 1853
|-
|
| | Brookins Campbell
(D
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died December 25, 1853
| | Nathaniel G. Taylor
(W
)
| Seated March 30, 1854
|-
|
| | Henry A. Muhlenberg
(D
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died January 9, 1854
| | J. Glancy Jones
(D
)
| Seated February 4, 1854
|-
|
| | Zeno Scudder
(W
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned March 4, 1854
| | Thomas D. Eliot
(W
)
| Seated April 17, 1854
|-
|
| New seat
| style="font-size:80%" | New seat established after Kansas became a territory May 30, 1854. Seat was vacant until December 20, 1854.
| | John W. Whitfield
(D
)
| Seated December 20, 1854
|-
|
| New seat
| style="font-size:80%" | New seat established after Nebraska became a territory May 30, 1854. Seat was vacant until January 5, 1855.
| | Napoleon B. Giddings
(D
)
| Seated December 5, 1855
|-
|
| | John F. Snodgrass
(D
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died June 5, 1854
| | Charles S. Lewis
(D
)
| Seated December 4, 1854
|-
|
| | Gilbert Dean
(D
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned July 3, 1854 after being appointed justice of the Supreme Court of New York
| | Isaac Teller
(W
)
| Seated November 7, 1854
|-
|
| | Gerrit Smith
(FS)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned August 7, 1854
| | Henry C. Goodwin
(W
)
| Seated November 7, 1854
|-
|
| | Presley Ewing
(W
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died September 27, 1854
| | Francis Bristow
(W
)
| Seated December 4, 1854
|}
United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...
and the United States House of Representatives
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1853 to March 3, 1855, during the first two years of the administration of U.S. President
President of the United States
The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....
Franklin Pierce
Franklin Pierce
Franklin Pierce was the 14th President of the United States and is the only President from New Hampshire. Pierce was a Democrat and a "doughface" who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate. Pierce took part in the Mexican-American War and became a brigadier general in the Army...
. During this session, the Kansas-Nebraska Act
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854 created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, opening new lands for settlement, and had the effect of repealing the Missouri Compromise of 1820 by allowing settlers in those territories to determine through Popular Sovereignty if they would allow slavery within...
was passed, an act that soon led to the creation of the Republican Party
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
was based on the Seventh Census of the United States in 1850
United States Census, 1850
The United States Census of 1850 was the seventh census of the United States. Conducted by the Bureau of the Census on June 1, 1850, it determined the resident population of the United States to be 23,191,876 — an increase of 35.9 percent over the 17,069,453 persons enumerated during the 1840...
. Both chambers had a Democratic
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
majority.
Major events
- March 4, 1853: Franklin PierceFranklin PierceFranklin Pierce was the 14th President of the United States and is the only President from New Hampshire. Pierce was a Democrat and a "doughface" who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate. Pierce took part in the Mexican-American War and became a brigadier general in the Army...
became President of the United States - April 18, 1853: Vice President William R. KingWilliam R. KingWilliam Rufus DeVane King was the 13th Vice President of the United States for about six weeks , and earlier a U.S. Representative from North Carolina, Minister to France, and a Senator from Alabama...
died - July 8, 1853: Commodore Matthew PerryMatthew PerryMatthew Perry is Canadian-American television and film actor.Matthew Perry or Matt Perry may also refer to:*Matthew C. Perry , American naval officer who forcibly opened Japan to trade with the West...
arrived in Edo Bay with a request for a trade treaty - December 30, 1853: Gadsden PurchaseGadsden PurchaseThe Gadsden Purchase is a region of present-day southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico that was purchased by the United States in a treaty signed by James Gadsden, the American ambassador to Mexico at the time, on December 30, 1853. It was then ratified, with changes, by the U.S...
: The United States bought land from Mexico to facilitate railroad building in the Southwest - February 28, 1853: Republican PartyRepublican Party (United States)The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
founded
Major legislation
- May 30, 1854: Kansas-Nebraska ActKansas-Nebraska ActThe Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854 created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, opening new lands for settlement, and had the effect of repealing the Missouri Compromise of 1820 by allowing settlers in those territories to determine through Popular Sovereignty if they would allow slavery within...
, ch. 59, - March 3, 1855: The U.S. Congress appropriates $30,000 to create the U.S. Camel Corps
Treaties
- March 31, 1853: Convention of KanagawaConvention of KanagawaOn March 31, 1854, the or was concluded between Commodore Matthew C. Perry of the U.S. Navy and the Tokugawa shogunate.-Treaty of Peace and Amity :...
signed with the Japanese government, opening the ports of Shimoda and Hakodate to American trade - January 26, 1854: Point No Point TreatyPoint No Point TreatyThe Point No Point Treaty was signed on January 26, 1855 at Point No Point, on the northern tip of the Kitsap Peninsula. Governor of Washington Territory, Isaac Stevens, convened the treaty council on January 25, with the S'Klallam, the Chimakum, and the Skokomish tribes...
signed
Territories organized
- May 30, 1854 – Kansas TerritoryKansas TerritoryThe Territory of Kansas was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from May 30, 1854, until January 29, 1861, when the eastern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Kansas....
was organized. - May 30, 1854 – Nebraska TerritoryNebraska TerritoryThe Territory of Nebraska was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from May 30, 1854, until March 1, 1867, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Nebraska. The Nebraska Territory was created by the Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854...
was organized.
Senate
| Affiliation | Party | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous... (D) |
Free Soil (FS) |
Whig Whig Party (United States) The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic... (W) |
Other | Vacant | ||
| End of previous Congress 32nd United States Congress The Thirty-second United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1851 to March 3, 1853, during the third and... |
34 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 61 | 1 |
| Begin | 36 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 60 | 2 |
| End | 38 | 4 | 19 | 61 | 1 | |
| Final voting share | 62.3% | 6.6% | 31.1% | 0.0% | ||
| Beginning of next Congress 34th United States Congress The Thirty-fourth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1855 to March 4, 1857, during the last two years... |
35 | (Opposition coalition Opposition Party (United States) The Opposition Party in the United States is a label with two different applications in Congressional history, as a majority party in Congress 1854-58, and as a Third Party in the South 1858-1860.... ) 20 |
0 | 56 | 6 | |
House of Representatives
For the beginning of this congress, the size of the House was increasedUnited States congressional apportionment
United States congressional apportionment is the process by which seats in the United States House of Representatives are redistributed amongst the 50 states following each constitutionally mandated decennial census. Each state is apportioned a number of seats which approximately corresponds to its...
from 233 seats to 234 seats, following the 1840 United States Census (See ).
| Affiliation | Party | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous... (D) |
Independent Democratic (ID) |
Free Soil (FS) |
Whig Whig Party (United States) The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic... (W) |
Independent (I) |
Other | Vacant | ||
| End of previous Congress 32nd United States Congress The Thirty-second United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1851 to March 3, 1853, during the third and... |
126 | 3 | 3 | 86 | 0 | 14 | 232 | 1 |
| Begin | 158 | 1 | 3 | 71 | 1 | 0 | 234 | 0 |
| End | 156 | 2 | 74 | |||||
| Final voting share | 66.7% | 0.4% | 0.9% | 31.6% | 0.4% | 0.0% | ||
| Beginning of next Congress 34th United States Congress The Thirty-fourth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1855 to March 4, 1857, during the last two years... |
79 | (Opposition coalition Opposition Party (United States) The Opposition Party in the United States is a label with two different applications in Congressional history, as a majority party in Congress 1854-58, and as a Third Party in the South 1858-1860.... ) 154 |
233 | 1 | ||||
Leadership
Senate
- President: William R. KingWilliam R. KingWilliam Rufus DeVane King was the 13th Vice President of the United States for about six weeks , and earlier a U.S. Representative from North Carolina, Minister to France, and a Senator from Alabama...
(D), until April 18, 1853 (died); vacant thereafter. - President pro temporePresident pro tempore of the United States SenateThe President pro tempore is the second-highest-ranking official of the United States Senate. The United States Constitution states that the Vice President of the United States is the President of the Senate and the highest-ranking official of the Senate despite not being a member of the body...
: David R. AtchisonDavid Rice AtchisonDavid Rice Atchison was a mid-19th century Democratic United States Senator from Missouri. He served as President pro tempore of the United States Senate for six years...
(D), until December 4, 1854- Lewis CassLewis CassLewis Cass was an American military officer and politician. During his long political career, Cass served as a governor of the Michigan Territory, an American ambassador, a U.S. Senator representing Michigan, and co-founder as well as first Masonic Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Michigan...
(D), December 4, 1854 - Jesse D. BrightJesse D. BrightJesse David Bright was the ninth Lieutenant Governor of Indiana and U.S. Senator from Indiana who served as President pro tempore of the Senate on three separate occasions...
(D), from December 5, 1854
- Lewis Cass
House of Representatives
- SpeakerSpeaker of the United States House of RepresentativesThe Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, or Speaker of the House, is the presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives...
: Linn BoydLinn BoydLinn Boyd was a prominent U.S. politician of the 1840s and 1850s, and served as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1851 to 1855. Boyd was elected to the House as a Democrat from Kentucky from 1835 to 1837 and again from 1839 to 1855, serving seven terms in the House...
(D)
Members
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed by district.Senate
Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbersClasses of United States Senators
The three classes of United States Senators are currently made up of 33 or 34 Senate seats. The purpose of the classes is to determine which Senate seats will be up for election in a given year. The three groups are staggered so that one of them is up for election every two years.A senator's...
, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1856; Class 2 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1858; and Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1854.
Alabama
- 3. Benjamin FitzpatrickBenjamin FitzpatrickBenjamin Fitzpatrick was an American politician, who served as the 11th Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama and as United States Senator from Alabama as a Democrat....
(D) - 2. Clement C. Clay, Jr.Clement Claiborne ClayClement Claiborne Clay was a U.S. senator from the state of Alabama from 1853 to 1861, and a C.S.A. senator from the Alabama from 1861 to 1863...
(D), from November 29, 1853
Arkansas
- 2. William K. SebastianWilliam King SebastianWilliam King Sebastian was an American planter, lawyer, and U.S. senator from Helena, Arkansas. He represented Arkansas as a U.S. Senator, Democrat, from 1848 to 1861....
(D) - 3. Solon BorlandSolon BorlandSolon Borland was a newspaperman, soldier, diplomat, Democratic United States Senator from the State of Arkansas and a Confederate officer during the American Civil War.-Early life:...
(D), until April 11, 1853- Robert W. JohnsonRobert Ward JohnsonRobert Ward Johnson was a Democratic United States Senator and Confederate States Senator from the State of Arkansas....
(D), from July 6, 1853
- Robert W. Johnson
Connecticut
- 3. Truman SmithTruman SmithTruman Smith was a politician, lawyer and judge from Connecticut. He was the nephew of Nathaniel Smith and Nathan Smith....
(W), until May 24, 1854- Francis GilletteFrancis GilletteFrancis Gillette was a politician from Connecticut, USA. He was the father of playwright William Gillette and politician and editor Edward H. Gillette....
(FS), from May 24, 1854
- Francis Gillette
- 1. Isaac TouceyIsaac TouceyIsaac Toucey was an American statesman who served as a U.S. Senator, Secretary of the Navy, Attorney General of the United States and the 18th Governor of Connecticut....
(D)
Louisiana
- 3. Pierre SouléPierre SouléPierre Soulé was a U.S. politician and diplomat from Louisiana during the mid-19th century. He is best known for his role in writing the Ostend Manifesto, which was written in 1854 as part of an attempt to annex Cuba to the United States...
(D), until April 11, 1853- John SlidellJohn SlidellJohn Slidell was an American politician, lawyer and businessman. A native of New York, Slidell moved to Louisiana as a young man and became a staunch defender of southern rights as a U.S. Representative and Senator...
(D), from December 5, 1853
- John Slidell
- 2. Judah P. BenjaminJudah P. BenjaminJudah Philip Benjamin was an American politician and lawyer. Born a British subject in the West Indies, he moved to the United States with his parents and became a citizen. He later became a citizen of the Confederate States of America. After the collapse of the Confederacy, Benjamin moved to...
(W)
Massachusetts
- 1. Charles SumnerCharles SumnerCharles Sumner was an American politician and senator from Massachusetts. An academic lawyer and a powerful orator, Sumner was the leader of the antislavery forces in Massachusetts and a leader of the Radical Republicans in the United States Senate during the American Civil War and Reconstruction,...
(FS) - 2. Edward EverettEdward EverettEdward Everett was an American politician and educator from Massachusetts. Everett, a Whig, served as U.S. Representative, and U.S. Senator, the 15th Governor of Massachusetts, Minister to Great Britain, and United States Secretary of State...
(W), until June 1, 1854- Julius RockwellJulius RockwellJulius Rockwell was a United States politician from Massachusetts, and the father of Francis Williams Rockwell.Rockwell was born in Colebrook, Connecticut and educated at private schools and then Yale, where he studied law, graduating in 1826. He was admitted to the bar and in 1830 commenced...
(W), from June 3, 1854 until January 31, 1855 - Henry WilsonHenry WilsonHenry Wilson was the 18th Vice President of the United States and a Senator from Massachusetts...
(FS), from January 31, 1855
- Julius Rockwell
Mississippi
- 1. Stephen Adams (D)
- 2. Albert G. BrownAlbert G. BrownAlbert Gallatin Brown was Governor of Mississippi from 1844 to 1848 and a United States Senator from Mississippi from 1854 through 1861. Brown attended Mississippi College. He was a Democrat....
(D), from January 7, 1854
New Hampshire
- 3. Moses Norris, Jr.Moses Norris Jr.Moses Norris, Jr. was a United States Representative and Senator from New Hampshire.Born in Pittsfield, he attended the public schools and the Pittsfield Academy, and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1828. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1832 and commenced practice in Barnstead...
(D), until January 11, 1855- John S. WellsJohn S. WellsJohn Sullivan Wells was a United States Senator from New Hampshire. Born in Durham, he attended Pembroke Academy, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1828 and practiced in Guildhall, Vermont from 1828 to 1835. He moved to Lancaster, New Hampshire in 1836 and continued the practice of law until...
(D), from January 16, 1855
- John S. Wells
- 2. Charles G. AthertonCharles G. AthertonCharles Gordon Atherton was a Democratic Representative and Senator from New Hampshire.-Biography:The son of Charles Humphrey Atherton and Mary Ann Toppan-Atherton, Charles G. Atherton was born in Amherst, New Hampshire on 4 July 1804...
(D), until November 15, 1853- Jared W. WilliamsJared W. WilliamsJared Warner Williams was an American lawyer and politician from Lancaster, New Hampshire. He graduated from Brown University at Providence, Rhode Island in 1818....
(D), from November 29, 1853 until August 4, 1854
- Jared W. Williams
New Jersey
- 1. John R. ThomsonJohn Renshaw ThomsonJohn Renshaw Thomson was an American merchant and politician from New Jersey.-Life:Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he attended the common schools in Princeton, New Jersey, and the College of New Jersey . In 1817, he went to China and became a merchant in Canton where he was United States...
(D) - 2. William WrightWilliam Wright (politician)William Wright was an American politician who served as Mayor of Newark, New Jersey, represented as a Whig in the United States House of Representatives from 1843 to 1847, and represented New Jersey in the United States Senate as a Democrat from 1853 to 1859, and again from 1863 until his...
(D)
North Carolina
- 3. George E. BadgerGeorge Edmund BadgerGeorge Edmund Badger was a Whig U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina.Badger was born on April 17, 1795 in New Bern, North Carolina. Following a partial college education at Yale University, he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1814...
(W) - 2. David S. ReidDavid Settle ReidDavid Settle Reid was the 32nd Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1851 to 1854 and a U.S. Senator from December 1854 to March 1859. His uncle was Congressman Thomas Settle, and his brother was Hugh Kearns Reid....
(D)
Pennsylvania
- 3. James CooperJames Cooper (Pennsylvania)James Cooper was an American lawyer, soldier, and politician, who served in the United States Congress.Cooper lived much of his life in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. He served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and was its Speaker for a year. He represented Pennsylvania in both the United...
(W) - 1. Richard BrodheadRichard BrodheadRichard Brodhead was an American lawyer and politician from Easton, Pennsylvania. He represented Pennsylvania in both the U.S. House and Senate. He was the father of U.S. Representative Jefferson Davis Brodhead....
(D)
Rhode Island
- 1. Charles T. JamesCharles Tillinghast JamesCharles Tillinghast James famous consulting mechanical engineer, early proponent of the steam mill, and a United States Democratic Senator from the state of Rhode Island from 1851 to 1857.-Education and Early Experience:...
(D) - 2. Philip AllenPhilip Allen (Rhode Island)Philip Allen was an American politician. He was the 22nd Governor of Rhode Island and a United States Senator ....
(D)
Tennessee
- 2. John BellJohn Bell (Tennessee politician)John Bell was a U.S. politician, attorney, and plantation owner. A wealthy slaveholder from Tennessee, Bell served in the United States Congress in both the House of Representatives and Senate. He began his career as a Democrat, he eventually fell out with Andrew Jackson and became a Whig...
(W) - 1. James C. JonesJames C. JonesJames Chamberlain Jones was the Governor of Tennessee from 1841 to 1845, and a United States Senator from that state from 1851 to 1857...
(W)
Texas
- 2. Samuel HoustonSam HoustonSamuel Houston, known as Sam Houston , was a 19th-century American statesman, politician, and soldier. He was born in Timber Ridge in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, of Scots-Irish descent. Houston became a key figure in the history of Texas and was elected as the first and third President of...
(D) - 1. Thomas J. RuskThomas Jefferson RuskThomas Jefferson Rusk was an early political and military leader of the Republic of Texas, serving as its first Secretary of War as well as a general at the Battle of San Jacinto. He was later a U.S. politician and served as a Senator from Texas from 1846 until his suicide...
(D)
Vermont
- 1. Solomon FootSolomon FootSolomon Foot was a Vermont lawyer, state representative and later senator who spent more than 25 years in elected office. He graduated from Middlebury College in 1826 and was admitted to the bar in 1831. He served as a state representative briefly in 1833, and also from 1836 to 1838...
(W) - 3. Samuel S. PhelpsSamuel S. PhelpsSamuel Shethar Phelps was a United States Senator from Vermont. He was a member of the Whig Party.Phelps was born in Litchfield, Connecticut. He studied at Yale University and served as a military paymaster during the War of 1812. He then settled in Middlebury, Vermont and became a lawyer, soon...
(W), until March 16, 1854- Lawrence BrainerdLawrence BrainerdLawrence Brainerd was a businessman, abolitionist and United States Senator from Vermont. He was the father of Anne Eliza Brainerd Smith and the father-in-law of Vermont Governor J. Gregory Smith....
(FS), from October 14, 1854
- Lawrence Brainerd
Virginia
- 1. James M. Mason (D)
- 2. Robert M. T. HunterRobert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter-References:* Patrick, Rembert W. . Jefferson Davis and His Cabinet. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. pp. 90–101.-External links:* – A speech by R. M. T. Hunter before the U.S. House of Representatives, May 8th, 1846...
(D)
Wisconsin
- 1. Henry DodgeHenry DodgeHenry Dodge was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, Territorial Governor of Wisconsin and a veteran of the Black Hawk War. His son was Augustus C. Dodge with whom he served in the U.S. Senate, the first, and so far only, father-son pair to serve concurrently....
(D) - 3. Isaac P. WalkerIsaac P. WalkerIsaac Pigeon Walker was an American politician who served as a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin.Walker was born in Virginia and moved with his family to Illinois in 1825. He practiced law in Springfield, Illinois, and served one term in the Illinois House of Representatives. He moved to Wisconsin in...
(D)
House of Representatives
The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.Alabama
. Philip Phillips (D). James AbercrombieJames Abercrombie (Congressman)
James Abercrombie was an American politician. He was born in Hancock County, Georgia in 1792. He moved to Alabama in the early 1810s and settled first in Monroe County, now called Dallas County, Alabama, and then in Montgomery County, Alabama.During the War of 1812, he served as a corporal in Maj....
(W). Sampson W. Harris
Sampson Willis Harris
Sampson Willis Harris was an American politician and lawyer in the states of Georgia and Alabama.Harris was born in Elbert County, Georgia. He graduated from the University of Georgia in Athens in 1828, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1830...
(D). William R. Smith
William Robert Smith
William Robert Smith was a United States representative from Texas and a United States federal judge.Born in Smith County, Texas, Smith graduated from the Sam Houston Normal Institute in Huntsville, Texas in 1883. He read law in 1885 and was admitted to the Texas bar, beginning the practice of law...
(D). George S. Houston
George S. Houston
George Smith Houston was an American Democratic politician who was the 24th Governor of Alabama from 1874 to 1878....
(D). Williamson R. W. Cobb
Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb
Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb was an American politician who served the state of Alabama in the U.S. House of Representatives between 1847 and 1861. He was born in Rhea County, Tennessee on June 8, 1807 to David Cobb and Martha Bryant. He moved with his father, David Cobb, in 1809 to Bellefonte,...
(D). James F. Dowdell (D)
California
Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticketGeneral ticket
General ticket representation is a term used to describe a particular method of electing members of a multi-member state delegation to the United States House of Representatives...
.. Milton Latham
Milton Latham
Milton Slocum Latham was an American politician, and served as the sixth Governor of California and as a member of the federal U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate. Latham holds the distinction of having the shortest governorship in California history, lasting for five days between...
(D). James A. McDougall
James A. McDougall
James Alexander McDougall was an American attorney and politician elected to statewide office in two U.S. states, then to the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate...
(D)
Connecticut
. James T. PrattJames T. Pratt
James Timothy Pratt was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.Born in Cromwell, Connecticut, Pratt attended the common schools.He engaged in mercantile and agricultural pursuits in Hartford, Connecticut....
(D). Colin M. Ingersoll
Colin M. Ingersoll
Colin Macrae Ingersoll was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut, son of Ralph Isaacs Ingersoll.Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Ingersoll pursued academic studies and later attended Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut....
(D). Nathan Belcher
Nathan Belcher
Nathan Belcher was a United States Representative from Connecticut. He was born in Preston, Connecticut. He completed academic studies and was graduated from Amherst College in 1832. Later, he studied law at the Cambridge Law School before being admitted to the bar in 1836...
(D). Origen S. Seymour
Origen S. Seymour
Origen Storrs Seymour was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut, father of Edward Woodruff Seymour and nephew of Horatio Seymour....
(D)
Georgia
. James L. SewardJames Lindsay Seward
James Lindsay Seward was an American politician and lawyer.Born in Dublin, Georgia in 1813, Seward moved with his family to Thomas County, Georgia, in 1826...
(D). Alfred H. Colquitt
Alfred H. Colquitt
Alfred Holt Colquitt was a lawyer, preacher, soldier, 49th Governor of Georgia and two term U.S. Senator from Georgia where he died in office. He served as an officer in the Confederate army, reaching the rank of major general....
(D). David J. Bailey
David Jackson Bailey
David Jackson Bailey was an American politician, lawyer and soldier who served in the United States Congress.-Early life and career:...
(D). William B. W. Dent
William Barton Wade Dent
William Barton Wade Dent was an American politician, educator, soldier and businessman from Georgia. He represented Georgia in the U.S. Congress ....
(D). Elijah W. Chastain
Elijah Webb Chastain
Elijah Webb Chastain was an American politician, soldier and lawyer.-Biography:Chastain was born near Pickens, South Carolina, in 1813. His family moved to moved to Habersham, Georgia, in 1821. During the Seminole Wars, he served as a captain and a colonel...
(D). Junius Hillyer
Junius Hillyer
Junius Hillyer was an American politician and lawyer who served two terms in the United States Congress.Hillyer was born in Wilkes County, Georgia...
(D). David A. Reese
David Addison Reese
David Addison Reese was an American politician and doctor.Reese was born in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1794. He graduated from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and began a medical practice in Elberton, Georgia...
(W). Alexander Stephens
Alexander Stephens
Alexander Hamilton Stephens was an American politician from Georgia. He was Vice President of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. He also served as a U.S...
(W)
Illinois
. Elihu B. WashburneElihu B. Washburne
Elihu Benjamin Washburne was one of seven brothers who played a prominent role in the early formation of the United States Republican Party...
(W). John Wentworth
John Wentworth (mayor)
"Long" John Wentworth was the editor of the Chicago Democrat, a two-term mayor of Chicago, and a six-term member of the United States House of Representatives....
(D). Jesse O. Norton
Jesse O. Norton
Jesse Olds Norton was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Bennington, Vermont, Norton attended Bennington Academy was graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1835. Norton was a charter member of The Kappa Alpha Society and was awarded membership in Phi Beta Kappa...
(W). James Knox (W). William A. Richardson
William Alexander Richardson
William Alexander Richardson was a prominent Illinois Democrat politician before and during the American Civil War....
(D). Richard Yates (W). James C. Allen
James C. Allen
James Cameron Allen was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Shelby County, Kentucky, Allen attended the public schools.He moved to Indiana in 1830.He studied law....
(D). William H. Bissell
William Henry Bissell
William Henry Bissell was the 11th Governor of the U.S. state of Illinois from 1857 until his death. He was one of the first successful Republican Party candidates, winning the election of 1856 just two years after the founding of his party.Bissell was born in Hartwick, Otsego County, New York...
(ID). Willis Allen
Willis Allen
Willis Allen was a U.S. Representative from Illinois, and the father of William J. Allen.Born near Roanoke, Virginia, Allen attended the common schools. He taught school. He moved to Tennessee and settled in Wilson County. He moved to Franklin County, Illinois in 1830 and engaged in agricultural...
(D)
Indiana
. Smith MillerSmith Miller
Smith Miller was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born near Charlotte, North Carolina, Miller moved to Gibson County, Indiana, with his parents who settled in Patoka in 1813.He received a limited schooling....
(D). William H. English
William Hayden English
William Hayden English was an American politician from Indiana.William English was most famous for his role in the passage of the infamous, pro-slavery Lecompton Constitution of Kansas in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1858...
(D). Cyrus L. Dunham
Cyrus L. Dunham
Cyrus Livingston Dunham was an attorney, soldier, and prominent Indiana politician, serving most notably as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1849 to 1855.-Biography:...
(D). James H. Lane
James H. Lane (Senator)
James Henry Lane also known as Jim Lane was a partisan during the Bleeding Kansas period that immediately preceded the American Civil War. During the war, Lane served as a United States Senator and as a general who fought for the Union...
(D). Samuel W. Parker
Samuel W. Parker
Samuel Wilson Parker was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born near Watertown, New York, Parker pursued academic studies.He was graduated from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, in 1828.He studied law....
(W). Thomas A. Hendricks
Thomas A. Hendricks
Thomas Andrews Hendricks was an American politician who served as a Representative and a Senator from Indiana, the 16th Governor of Indiana , and the 21st Vice President of the United States...
(D). John G. Davis
John G. Davis
John Givan Davis was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.-Early life:Born near Flemingsburg, Kentucky, Davis moved to Indiana with his parents, who settled in Rockville, Parke County, in 1819. He attended the country schools and engaged in agricultural pursuits...
(D). Daniel Mace
Daniel Mace
Daniel Mace was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born in Pickaway County, Ohio, Mace attended the public schools.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1835 and practiced in LaFayette, Indiana....
(D). Norman Eddy
Norman Eddy
Norman Eddy was an American politician and military officer....
(D). Ebenezer M. Chamberlain
Ebenezer M. Chamberlain
Ebenezer Mattoon Chamberlain was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born in Orrington, Maine, Chamberlain attended public school before becoming employed in his father's shipyard...
(D). Andrew J. Harlan
Andrew J. Harlan
Andrew Jackson Harlan was a U.S. Representative from Indiana, cousin of Aaron Harlan.Born near Wilmington, Ohio, Harlan attended the public schools. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1839 and commenced practice in Richmond, Indiana. He moved to Marion, Indiana, in 1839...
(D)
Kentucky
. Linn BoydLinn Boyd
Linn Boyd was a prominent U.S. politician of the 1840s and 1850s, and served as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1851 to 1855. Boyd was elected to the House as a Democrat from Kentucky from 1835 to 1837 and again from 1839 to 1855, serving seven terms in the House...
(D). Benjamin E. Grey
Benjamin E. Grey
Benjamin Edwards Grey was a 19th century U.S. Representative from Kentucky, grandson of Benjamin Edwards.Born at "Shiloh," near Bardstown, Kentucky, Grey pursued an academic course. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and began practice in Hopkinsville, Kentucky...
(W). Presley Ewing
Presley Ewing
Presley Underwood Ewing was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Russellville, Kentucky, Ewing attended the public schools.He completed preparatory studies....
(W), until September 27, 1854
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- Francis BristowFrancis BristowFrancis Marion Bristow was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He was born in Clark County, Kentucky. He pursued preparatory studies and studied law. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Elkton, Kentucky.Bristow was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives...
(W), from December 4, 1854. James ChrismanJames ChrismanJames Stone Chrisman was an antebellum United States Representative from Kentucky and then a member of the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War....
(D). Clement S. HillClement S. HillClement Sidney Hill was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He was born near Lebanon, Kentucky. He pursued academic studies and attended St. Mary’s College, St. Mary, Kentucky...
(W). John M. ElliottJohn Milton ElliottJohn Milton Elliott was an American lawyer and politician from Prestonsburg, Kentucky. He represented Kentucky in the United States House of Representatives from 1853 until 1857 and served in the First Confederate Congress during the American Civil War.-Life and career:Elliott was born in Scott...
(D). William PrestonWilliam Preston (Kentucky)William Preston was an American lawyer, politician, and ambassador. He also was a brigadier general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:...
(W). John C. BreckinridgeJohn C. BreckinridgeJohn Cabell Breckinridge was an American lawyer and politician. He served as a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Kentucky and was the 14th Vice President of the United States , to date the youngest vice president in U.S...
(D). Leander CoxLeander CoxLeander Martin Cox was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Cumberland County, Virginia, Cox completed academic studies.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar and practiced.He moved to Flemingsburg, Kentucky....
(W). Richard H. StantonRichard H. StantonRichard Henry Stanton was a nineteenth century politician, lawyer, editor and judge from Kentucky....
(D)
- Francis Bristow
Louisiana
. William DunbarWilliam Dunbar (Louisiana)
William Dunbar was a U.S. Representative from Louisiana.He was born in Virginia in 1805 and completed preparatory studies before moving to Alexandria, Virginia, where he engaged in the practice of law in the early 1830s...
(D). Theodore G. Hunt
Theodore Gaillard Hunt
Theodore Gaillard Hunt was a member of the U. S. House of Representatives representing the state of Louisiana. He served one term as a Whig. In 1854, he ran for Congress and lost as a candidate of the American Party.-Biography:Hunt was born in Charleston, South Carolina...
(W). John Perkins, Jr.
John Perkins, Jr.
John Perkins, Jr. was an antebellum U.S. Representative from Louisiana, and then a senator in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War....
(D). Roland Jones
Roland Jones
Roland Jones was an American politician who represented Louisiana in the United States House of Representatives from 1853-1855....
(D)
Maine
. Moses MacDonaldMoses Macdonald
Moses Macdonald was a United States Representative from Maine. He was born in Limerick, Maine, where he received an academic education. Later, he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1837, and commenced practice in Biddeford, Maine in 1837.Macdonald was a member of the Maine House of...
(D). Samuel Mayall
Samuel Mayall
Samuel Mayall was a United States Representative from Maine. He was born in North Gray, Maine. He both attended the public schools and was tutored privately at home. Later, he moved to Gray, Maine....
(D). E. Wilder Farley
E. Wilder Farley
Ephraim Wilder Farley was a U.S. Representative from Maine.Born in Newcastle, Maine, Farley attended the common schools and was graduated from Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, in 1836.He studied law....
(W). Samuel P. Benson
Samuel P. Benson
Samuel Page Benson was a United States Representative from Maine. He was born in Winthrop on November 28, 1804. He received instruction from private teachers and attended the Monmouth Academy of Maine. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1825. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced...
(W). Israel Washburn, Jr.
Israel Washburn, Jr.
Israel Washburn, Jr. was a United States political figure. Originally a member of the Whig Party, he later became a founding member of the Republican Party....
(W). Thomas J. D. Fuller
Thomas Fuller (Maine)
Thomas James Duncan Fuller was a United States Representative from Maine. He was born in Hardwick, Vermont on March 17, 1808. He attended the common schools....
(D)
Maryland
. John R. FranklinJohn Rankin Franklin
John Rankin Franklin was a Congressional Representative for the U.S. state of Maryland.Franklin was born in Worcester County, Maryland, and graduated from Jefferson College in 1836. He then studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1841 and opened practice in Snow Hill, Maryland...
(W). Jacob Shower
Jacob Shower
Jacob Shower was an American politician.Born in Manchester, Maryland, Shower was a drummer boy in the War of 1812 and attended private schools at Emmitsburg, Maryland...
(D). Joshua Van Sant
Joshua Van Sant
Joshua Van Sant was a United States Congressional representative from Maryland.Van Sant was born in Millington in Kent County, Maryland. He moved with his parents to Wilmington, Delaware, in 1807, and later to Philadelphia in 1812. He attended the common schools before moving to Baltimore,...
(D). Henry May
Henry May (Maryland)
Henry May was a U.S. Representative from Maryland.Born in Washington, D.C., May pursued an academic course. He attended Columbian College , Washington, D.C.. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1840, and commenced practice...
(D). William T. Hamilton
William Thomas Hamilton
William Thomas Hamilton , a member of the United States Democratic Party, was the 38th Governor of Maryland in the United States from 1880 to 1884...
(D). Augustus R. Sollers
Augustus Rhodes Sollers
Augustus Rhodes Sollers was an American politician who represented the seventh congressional district of the state of Maryland from 1841 to 1843, and the sixth congressional district from 1853 to 1855. He was a member of the Whig Party . He was born near Prince Frederick, Maryland, and was...
(W)
Massachusetts
. Zeno ScudderZeno Scudder
Zeno Scudder was the son of Deacon Josiah and Hannah Scudder. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts. He was born in Osterville, Massachusetts on August 18, 1807. He wanted to follow the sea, but a paralysis of his right leg made that impossible...
(W), until March 4, 1854
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- Thomas D. EliotThomas D. EliotThomas Dawes Eliot, was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts. He was born in Boston on March 20, 1808. Eliot was named after his grandfather Justice Thomas Dawes of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court....
(W), from April 17, 1854. Samuel L. CrockerSamuel L. CrockerSamuel Leonard Crocker was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.Born in Taunton, Massachusetts, Crocker graduated from Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, in 1822.He engaged in manufacturing....
(W). J. Wiley EdmandsJ. Wiley EdmandsJohn Wiley Edmands was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts. He was born in Boston on March 1, 1809. He completed preparatory studies, and graduated from English High School of Boston. He became interested in woolen mills in Dedham and the Pacific Mills Co...
(W). Samuel H. WalleySamuel H. WalleySamuel Hurd Walley was a Massachusetts businessman and politician who served as Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and as a member of the U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.-Early life:...
(W). William Appleton (W). Charles W. Upham (W). Nathaniel P. BanksNathaniel Prentice BanksNathaniel Prentice Banks was an American politician and soldier, served as the 24th Governor of Massachusetts, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and as a Union general during the American Civil War....
(D). Tappan WentworthTappan WentworthTappan Wentworth was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.Born in Dover, New Hampshire, Wentworth received a liberal schooling.He studied law....
(W). Alexander De WittAlexander De WittAlexander DeWitt was a 19th-century American politician from the state of Massachusetts.Born in New Braintree, Massachusetts,DeWitt worked in textile manufacturing in Oxford, Massachusetts. He was elected to the Massachusetts state lower house in 1830, serving until 1836...
(FS). Edward DickinsonEdward DickinsonEdward Dickinson was an American politician from Massachusetts. He is best known as the father of the poet Emily Dickinson; their family home in Amherst, the Dickinson Homestead, is now a museum dedicated to her....
(W). John Z. GoodrichJohn Z. GoodrichJohn Zacheus Goodrich was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives and Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts. He was born in Sheffield, Massachusetts on September 27, 1804. He attended the common schools and Lenox Academy...
(W)
- Thomas D. Eliot
Michigan
. David StuartDavid Stuart (politician)
David Stuart was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan and an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Early life:...
(D). David A. Noble
David A. Noble
David Addison Noble was a politician and judge from the U.S. state of Michigan.Noble was born in Williamstown, Massachusetts. He attended a private school in Plainfield and graduated from Williams College in Williamstown in 1825. He studied law in Albany and New York City and was admitted to the...
(D). Samuel Clark
Samuel Clark
Samuel Clark was a U.S. Representative from the state of New York and a U.S. Representative from the state of Michigan....
(D). Hestor L. Stevens
Hestor L. Stevens
Hestor Lockhart Stevens was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Stevens was born in Lima, New York and attended the common schools. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Rochester, New York. He ranked as major general of militia of western New York.Stevens...
(D)
Mississippi
. Daniel B. WrightDaniel B. Wright
Daniel Boone Wright was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.Born near Mount Pleasant, Tennessee, Wright attended the common schools and was graduated from Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee, in 1837....
(D). William T. S. Barry
William T. S. Barry
William Taylor Sullivan Barry was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.Born in Columbus, Mississippi, Barry was graduated from Yale Law School in 1841 and was initiated into Skull and Bones. Society in his last year. Barry was admitted to the bar in 1844 and then practiced law in Columbus, Ohio...
(D). Otho R. Singleton
Otho R. Singleton
Otho Robards Singleton was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi and a member of the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War....
(D). Wiley P. Harris
Wiley P. Harris
Wiley Pope Harris was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.Born near Holmesville, Mississippi, Harris attended the common schools and the University of Virginia at Charlottesville....
(D). William Barksdale
William Barksdale
William Barksdale was a lawyer, newspaper editor, U.S. Congressman, and a Confederate general in the American Civil War...
(D)
Missouri
. Thomas H. BentonThomas Hart Benton (senator)
Thomas Hart Benton , nicknamed "Old Bullion", was a U.S. Senator from Missouri and a staunch advocate of westward expansion of the United States. He served in the Senate from 1821 to 1851, becoming the first member of that body to serve five terms...
(D). Alfred W. Lamb (D). James J. Lindley (W). Mordecai Oliver
Mordecai Oliver
Mordecai Oliver was an attorney and two-term U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Anderson County, Kentucky, Oliver attended the common schools and then studied law....
(W). John G. Miller (W). John S. Phelps
John S. Phelps
John Smith Phelps was a politician, soldier during the American Civil War, and the 23rd Governor of Missouri.-Early life and career:...
(D). Samuel Caruthers
Samuel Caruthers
Samuel Caruthers was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Madison County, Missouri, Caruthers was graduated from Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee.He studied law....
(W)
New Hampshire
. George W. KittredgeGeorge W. Kittredge
George Washington Kittredge was a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire.Born in Epping, New Hampshire, Kittredge received a liberal schooling...
(D). George W. Morrison
George W. Morrison
George Washington Morrison was a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire.Born in Fairlee, Vermont, Morrison attended the common schools and Thetford Academy. He engaged in teaching, then studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1835, commencing practice in Manchester, New Hampshire in 1836...
(D). Harry Hibbard
Harry Hibbard
Harry Hibbard was a United States Representative from New Hampshire. He was born in Concord, Vermont where he pursued classical studies. He graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire in 1835 where he studied law...
(D)
New Jersey
. Nathan T. StrattonNathan T. Stratton
Nathan Taylor Stratton was an American Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1851 to 1855....
(D). Charles Skelton
Charles Skelton
Charles Skelton was an American Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1851 to 1855....
(D). Samuel Lilly
Samuel Lilly
Samuel Lilly was an American Democratic Party politician, who represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1853 to 1855....
(D). George Vail
George Vail
George Vail was an American Democratic Party politician who represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1853 to 1857. His father Stephen Vail, and his brother Alfred Vail were the driving force behind the success of the Speedwell Iron Works...
(D). Alexander C. M. Pennington (W)
New York
. James MauriceJames Maurice
James Maurice was a United States Representative from New York. Born in New York City, he attended Broad Street Academy and became a clerk in a law office at the age of twelve years. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1835, and practiced in Maspeth, Queens...
(D). Thomas W. Cumming
Thomas W. Cumming
Thomas William Cumming was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Frederick, Maryland, in 1814 or 1815, Cumming moved to Georgia.He was appointed a midshipman in the United States Navy May 19, 1832....
(D). Hiram Walbridge
Hiram Walbridge
Hiram Walbridge was a U.S. Representative from New York, cousin of Henry Sanford Walbridge.Born in Ithaca, New York, Walbridge moved to Ohio with his parents, who settled in Toledo in 1836....
(D). Michael Walsh
Michael Walsh (New York)
Michael Walsh was a United States Representative from New York.-Early life:Born in Youghal, Cork, Ireland, he completed preparatory studies, was graduated from Trinity College, Dublin and emigrated to the United States, settling in Baltimore, Maryland...
(D). William M. Tweed (D). John Wheeler
John Wheeler (representative)
John Wheeler was a United States Representative from New York. He was born in Humphreysville , Connecticut on February 11, 1823. He attended the common schools in Cheshire, Connecticut, moved to New York City in 1843 and was engaged in the hotel business with his father.He became a dry-goods...
(D). William A. Walker
William A. Walker
William Adams Walker was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in New Hampshire, Walker attended the common schools and Northampton Law School.He was admitted to the bar but never engaged in the practice of law....
(D). Francis B. Cutting
Francis B. Cutting
Francis Brockholst Cutting was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in New York City, Cutting attended Bensel School and was also tutored privately.He studied law in the Litchfield Law School....
(D). Jared V. Peck
Jared V. Peck
Jared Valentine Peck was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Port Chester, New York, Peck attended the common schools.He engaged in the lumber, brick, hardware, and building-material business....
(D). William Murray
William Murray (New York politician)
William Murray was a United States Representative from New York. He was born near Middletown. He attended the common schools, and was employed as a clerk in mercantile establishments in Middletown, and later in New York City. He subsequently engaged in mercantile pursuits. He was the brother of...
(D). Theodoric R. Westbrook
Theodoric R. Westbrook
Theodoric Romeyn Westbrook was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Fishkill, New York, Westbrook attended the common schools and was graduated from Rutgers College, New Brunswick, New Jersey, in 1838....
(D). Gilbert Dean
Gilbert Dean
Gilbert Dean was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:...
(D), until July 3, 1854
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- Isaac TellerIsaac TellerIsaac Teller was a U.S. Representative from New York, nephew of Abraham Henry Schenck.Born in Matteawan, New York, Teller completed preparatory studies and held several local offices....
(W), from November 7, 1854. Russell SageRussell SageRussell Sage was a financier, railroad executive and Whig politician from New York, United States. As a frequent partner of Jay Gould in various transactions, he amassed a fortune, which passed to his second wife, Margaret Olivia Slocum Sage, when he died...
(W). Rufus W. PeckhamRufus Wheeler Peckham (1809-1873)Rufus Wheeler Peckham was a judge and congressman from New York, and the father of a U.S. Supreme Court justice.-Biography:...
(D). Charles HughesCharles Hughes (representative)Charles Hughes was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and commenced practice in Sandy Hill, NY....
(D). George A. SimmonsGeorge A. SimmonsGeorge Abel Simmons was a U.S. Representative from New York.-Biography:Born in Lyme, New Hampshire, Simmons attended the district school. He was graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, in 1816. He moved to Lansingburgh, New York, and was principal of the local academy. He studied...
(W). Bishop PerkinsBishop PerkinsBishop Perkins was a United States Representative from New York....
(D). Peter Rowe (D). George W. ChaseGeorge W. ChaseGeorge William Chase was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in the town of Maryland, New York, Chase attended the common schools.He engaged in agricultural pursuits....
(W). Orsamus B. MattesonOrsamus B. MattesonOrsamus Benajah Matteson was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Verona, New York, Matteson attended the common schools.He studied law in Utica, New York....
(W). Henry BennettHenry Bennett (US politician)Henry Bennett was a United States Representative from New York.Bennett was born in New Lisbon, Otsego County, New York on September 29, 1808 where he attended the public schools. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1832 and commenced practice in New Berlin, Chenango County, New York...
(W). Gerrit SmithGerrit SmithGerrit Smith was a leading United States social reformer, abolitionist, politician, and philanthropist...
(FS), until August 7, 1854 - Henry C. GoodwinHenry C. GoodwinHenry Charles Goodwin was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in De Ruyter, New York, Goodwin completed preparatory studies.He studied law....
(W), from November 7, 1854. Caleb LyonCaleb LyonCaleb Lyon was governor of Idaho Territory from 1864 to 1865 during the last half of the American Civil War....
(I). Daniel T. JonesDaniel T. JonesDaniel Terryll Jones was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Hebron, Connecticut, Jones received a liberal schooling. He was graduated from the medical department of Yale College in 1826 and began the practice of his profession in Amboy, New York...
(D). Edwin B. MorganEdwin Barber MorganEdwin Barber Morgan was an entrepreneur and politician from the Finger Lakes region of western New York. He was the first president of Wells Fargo & Company, founder of the United States Express Company, and director of American Express Company...
(W). Andrew OliverAndrew Oliver (New York)Andrew Oliver was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Springfield, New York, Oliver was graduated from Union College, Schenectady, New York, in 1835....
(D). John J. TaylorJohn J. TaylorJohn James Taylor was a U.S. Representative from New York.-Education:Born in Leominster, Massachusetts, Taylor attended the common schools, New Ipswich Academy, and Groton Academy....
(D). George HastingsGeorge Hastings (American politician)George Hastings was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Clinton, New York, Hastings attended the public schools.He graduated from Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, in 1826.He studied law....
(D). Azariah BoodyAzariah BoodyAzariah Boody was a Whig member of the United States House of Representatives, a railroad investor, and a trustee of the University of Rochester. He was born in Stanstead County, Quebec. He was married to Ambia Corson Boody .In 1852, Boody was elected to the Thirty-third United States Congress...
(W) until October ????, 1853 - Davis CarpenterDavis CarpenterDavis Carpenter was a United States Representative from New York.Carpenter was born in Walpole, New Hampshire on December 25, 1799, where he studied medicine. He graduated from Middlebury College, Vermont in 1824, where he studied law...
(W), from November 8, 1853. Benjamin PringleBenjamin PringleBenjamin Pringle was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Richfield, Otsego County, he completed preparatory studies, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1830 and practiced for a number of years...
(W). Thomas T. FlaglerThomas T. FlaglerThomas Thorn Flagler was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Pleasant Valley, New York, Flagler attended the local schools....
(W). Solomon G. HavenSolomon G. HavenSolomon George Haven was a U.S. Representative from New York and Mayor of the City of Buffalo, New York, serving in 1846–1847.-Biography:He was born in Guilford, New York on November 27, 1810...
(W). Reuben FentonReuben FentonReuben Eaton Fenton was an American merchant and politician from New York.-Life:He was the son of a farmer. He was elected a colonel of the New York State Militia in 1840. He became a lumber merchant, and entered politics as a Democrat...
(D)
- Isaac Teller
North Carolina
. Henry M. ShawHenry Marchmore Shaw
Henry Marchmore Shaw was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina, as well as an officer in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He was killed in action, one of a handful of former U.S. Congressmen to perish during the conflict.Shaw was born in Newport, Rhode...
(D). Thomas H. Ruffin
Thomas Hart Ruffin
Thomas Hart Ruffin was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born in Louisburg, North Carolina, September 9, 1820; attended the common schools; graduated from the University of North Carolina Law School, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1841; lawyer, private practice; circuit attorney of...
(D). William S. Ashe
William Shepperd Ashe
William Shepperd Ashe was a Democratic U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1849 and 1855.-Biography:...
(D). Sion H. Rogers
Sion Hart Rogers
Sion Hart Rogers was a Congressman from and Attorney General of the U.S. state of North Carolina.-Biography:...
(W). John Kerr, Jr. (W). Richard C. Puryear
Richard Clauselle Puryear
Richard Clauselle Puryear was a U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between the years of 1853 and 1857.Puryear, born in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, moved to Surry County, North Carolina as a child...
(W). F. Burton Craige
Francis Burton Craige
Francis Burton Craige was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born near Salisbury, North Carolina, March 13, 1811; attended a private school in Salisbury, and was graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1829; editor and proprietor of the Western Carolinian...
(D). Thomas L. Clingman
Thomas Lanier Clingman
Thomas Lanier Clingman , known as the "Prince of Politicians," was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1843 to 1845 and from 1847 to 1858, and U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina between 1858 and 1861...
(D)
Ohio
. David T. DisneyDavid T. Disney
David Tiernan Disney was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Disney moved with his parents to Ohio in 1807.He attended the common schools.He studied law....
(D). John Scott Harrison
John Scott Harrison
John Scott Harrison was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio and the only man to be both the son and the father of U.S. Presidents. His father, William Henry Harrison was the 9th President in 1841; and, his son, Benjamin Harrison, was the 23rd President from 1889-1893...
(W). Lewis D. Campbell
Lewis D. Campbell
Lewis Davis Campbell was a U.S. Representative for Ohio. Over his successful political career he was elected as a Whig, Know-Nothing, Republican and Democrat.-Early life and career:...
(W). Matthias H. Nichols
Matthias H. Nichols
Matthias H. Nichols was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Sharptown, New Jersey, Nichols attended the common schools.Learned the trade of a printer.He moved to Ohio in 1842 and settled in Lima.He studied law....
(D). Alfred P. Edgerton (D). Andrew Ellison
Andrew Ellison
Andrew Ellison was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in West Union, Ohio, Ellison attended the public schools. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in Adams County, Ohio, in August 1835 and commenced practice in Georgetown, Ohio, the same year.Ellison was elected prosecuting attorney of...
(D). Aaron Harlan
Aaron Harlan
Aaron Harlan was a U.S. Representative from Ohio, cousin of Andrew Jackson Harlan.Born in Warren County, Ohio, Harlan attended the public schools, and later studied law. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Xenia, Ohio, in 1825. He served as member of the Ohio House of...
(W). Moses B. Corwin
Moses Bledso Corwin
Moses Bledso Corwin was a United States Representative from Ohio.Born in Bourbon County, Kentucky, he spent the early part of his life on a farm, and attended the rural schools...
(W). Frederick W. Green
Frederick W. Green (congressman)
Frederick William Green was a lawyer, newspaperman, and a two-term U.S. Representative from Ohio.-Biography:...
(D). John L. Taylor
John L. Taylor
John Lampkin Taylor was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Stafford County, near Fredericksburg, Virginia, Taylor completed preparatory studies.He studied law in Washington, D.C.....
(W). Thomas Ritchey
Thomas Ritchey
Thomas Ritchey was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, Ritchey moved to Somerset, Ohio.He attended the common schools.He engaged in agricultural pursuits....
(D). Edson B. Olds
Edson B. Olds
Edson Baldwin Olds was a three-term U.S. Representative from Ohio. During the American Civil War, he was a leading member of the Peace Democrats. He was the great-grandfather of United States Army Air Forces Maj. Gen. Robert Olds, and the great-great grandfather of United States Air Force Brig. Gen...
(D). William D. Lindsley
William D. Lindsley
William Dell Lindsley was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Lindsley attended the common schools....
(D). Harvey H. Johnson
Harvey H. Johnson
Harvey Hull Johnson was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in West Rutland, Vermont, Johnson attended the common schools and Middlebury Academy.He studied law....
(D). William R. Sapp
William R. Sapp
William Robinson Sapp was a U.S. Representative from Ohio, and uncle of U.S. Representative William F. Sapp of Iowa.Born at Cadiz, Ohio, Sapp moved to Knox County, Ohio, where he attended the public schools....
(W). Edward Ball
Edward Ball (congressman)
Edward Ball was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Fairfax County, Virginia, near Falls Church, Ball attended the village school. He moved to Ohio and located near Zanesville, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits. He served as deputy sheriff of Muskingum County in 1837 and 1838 and...
(W). Wilson Shannon
Wilson Shannon
Wilson Shannon was a Democratic politician from Ohio and Kansas. He served as the 14th and 16th Governor of Ohio, and was the first governor of Ohio born in the state...
(D). George Bliss
George Bliss (Congressman)
George Bliss was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio.Bliss was born in Jericho, Vermont. He attended Granville College. Moved to Ohio in 1832, studied law with David Kellogg Cartter, was admitted to the bar in 1841 and became Cartter's law partner in Akron, Ohio.Bliss...
(D). Edward Wade
Edward Wade
Edward Wade was a U.S. Representative from Ohio, brother of Benjamin Franklin Wade.Born in West Springfield, Massachusetts, Wade received a limited schooling.He moved to Andover, Ohio, in 1821, where he studied law....
(FS). Joshua R. Giddings
Joshua Reed Giddings
Joshua Reed Giddings was an American statesman and a prominent opponent of slavery. He represented Ohio in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1838-59. He was at first a member of the Whig Party and was later a Republican.-Life:He was born at Tioga Point, now Athens, Bradford County,...
(FS). Andrew Stuart
Andrew Stuart (congressman)
Andrew Stuart was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Stuart moved to Pittsburgh with his mother in 1834. He received limited schooling. He worked in a newspaper office...
(D)
Pennsylvania
. Thomas B. FlorenceThomas Birch Florence
Thomas Birch Florence was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Thomas B. Florence born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He learned the hatter's trade and engaged in that business in 1833. He was engaged in the newspaper business...
(D). Joseph R. Chandler
Joseph Ripley Chandler
Joseph Ripley Chandler was a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:Joseph R. Chandler was born in Kingston, Massachusetts. He was engaged in commercial work in Boston, Massachusetts, and moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1815...
(W). John Robbins, Jr.
John Robbins (congressman)
John Robbins was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.John Robbins was born in Bustleton, Pennsylvania, , near Lower Dublin Township, Pennsylvania. He was a student at the Gunmere Academy in Burlington, New Jersey. He moved to Philadelphia in 1836 and...
(D). William H. Witte
William Henry Witte
William Henry Witte was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.William H. Witte was born in Columbia, New Jersey. He moved to Springtown, Pennsylvania. He moved to Philadelphia in 1840, and engaged in mercantile pursuits and the real estate business.Witte was...
(D). John McNair
John McNair (congressman)
John Alexander McNair was a teacher and congressman representing Pennsylvania's fifth district.Born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, he taught school and worked as principal of Loller Academy in Hatboro, Pennsylvania in 1825. He established a boys school in the village of Abington, Pennsylvania...
(D). William Everhart
William Everhart
William Everhart was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.William Everhart was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and became a civil engineer. Everhart served in the War of 1812 as captain of a company of riflemen...
(W). Samuel A. Bridges
Samuel Augustus Bridges
Samuel Augustus Bridges was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Samuel A. Bridges was born in Colchester, Connecticut. He pursued an academic course, and was graduated from Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1826...
(D). Henry A. Muhlenberg
Henry Augustus Muhlenberg
Henry Augustus Muhlenberg was an American politician and Congressman representing the state of Pennsylvania.Muhlenburg was member of the Muhlenberg Family political dynasty. He was born in Reading, Pennsylvania on July 21, 1823. His father, Henry A. P. Muhlenberg, was a Congressman and U.S...
(D), until January 9, 1854
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- J. Glancey JonesJehu Glancy JonesJehu Glancy Jones was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.J. Glancy Jones was born in Caernarvon Township, Pennsylvania. He attended Kenyon College, studied theology and was ordained to the ministry of the Episcopal Church in 1835 and withdrew in 1841...
(D), from February 4, 1854. Isaac E. HiesterIsaac Ellmaker HiesterIsaac Ellmaker Hiester was an American political leader of the nineteenth Century. He was a member of the Hiester Family political dynasty. He was the son of William Hiester and cousin of Hiester Clymer....
(W). Ner A. MiddleswarthNer Alexander Middleswarth-Early life:Ner Middleswarth was born on December 12, 1783 in New Jersey, of Dutch ancestry. His father was John Middleswarth, baptized 12 April 1745 in Somerset county, NJ. John Middleswarth served as a Quartermaster Sergeant for Colonel Sylvanus Seely's regiment in the New Jersey militia during...
(W). Christian M. StraubChristian Markle StraubChristian Markle Straub was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Christian M. Straub was born in Milton, Pennsylvania. He studied law and was admitted to the bar. He served as prothonotary of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, in 1845, and sheriff of Schuylkill...
(D). Hendrick B. WrightHendrick Bradley WrightHendrick Bradley Wright was a Democratic and Greenback member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Early life:...
(D). Asa PackerAsa PackerAsa Packer was an American businessman who pioneered railroad construction, was active in Pennsylvania politics, and founded Lehigh University.-Early life:...
(D). Galusha A. GrowGalusha A. GrowGalusha Aaron Grow was a prominent U.S. politician, lawyer, writer and businessman, and was Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1861 to 1863. He was defeated for reelection in 1862...
(D). James GambleJames Gamble (congressman)James Gamble was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.James Gamble was born in Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and Jersey Shore Academy. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in December 1833 and commenced practice in Jersey Shore...
(D). William H. KurtzWilliam Henry KurtzWilliam Henry Kurtz was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.William H. Kurtz was born in York, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and the York County Academy at York. He studied law, was admitted to the bar on January 7, 1828, and commenced...
(D). Samuel L. RussellSamuel Lyon RussellSamuel Lyon Russell was a Whig member of the United States of America House of Representatives from Pennsylvania....
(W). John McCulloch (W). Augustus DrumAugustus DrumAugustus Drum was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Augustus Drum was born in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. He received private instruction and attended Greensburg Academy. He graduated from Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania...
(D). John L. DawsonJohn Littleton DawsonJohn Littleton Dawson was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Dawson was born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania and grew up in Brownsville, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Washington College with a degree in law, was granted admission to the bar in 1835, and ran a...
(D). David Ritchie (W). Thomas M. HoweThomas Marshall HoweThomas Marshall Howe was a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Thomas M. Howe was born in Williamstown, Vermont. He moved with his parents to Bloomfield, Ohio, in 1817. He attended private schools and was graduated from Warren Academy in Warren, Ohio...
(W). Michael C. TroutMichael Carver TroutMichael Carver Trout was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Michael C. Trout was born in Hickory Township, Pennsylvania. He received a very limited education, and was employed as a hatter for 3 years and then became a carpenter and contractor...
(D). Carlton B. CurtisCarlton Brandaga CurtisCarlton Brandaga Curtis was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Early life:...
(D). John DickJohn Dick (US Congressman)John Dick .He had a varied career before entering Congress, rising to Brigadier General of the Pennsylvania Militia, establishing the J&JR Dick Banking House, and serving as Pennsylvania State Court Judge. Elected to represent two different Pennsylvania Districts in the United States House of...
(W)
- J. Glancey Jones
Rhode Island
. Thomas DavisThomas Davis (Rhode Island)
Thomas Davis was a U.S. Representative from Rhode Island.-Early life and education:Thomas Davis was born in Dublin, Ireland, where he attended private schools. His family emigrated to the United States and located in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1817...
(D). Benjamin B. Thurston (D)
South Carolina
. John McQueenJohn McQueen
John McQueen was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina and a member of the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War....
(D). William Aiken
William Aiken
William Aiken, Jr. was the 61st Governor of South Carolina. He served from 1844 to 1846.He was the son of William Aiken, the first president of the pioneering South Carolina Canal and Rail Road Company. Unfortunately, William Sr. was killed in a Charleston carriage accident and never saw his...
(D). Laurence M. Keitt
Laurence M. Keitt
Laurence Massillon Keitt was a South Carolina politician who served as a United States Congressman. He is included in several lists of Fire-Eaters—men who adamantly urged the secession of southern states from the United States, and who resisted measures of compromise and reconciliation,...
(D). Preston Brooks
Preston Brooks
Preston Smith Brooks was a Democratic Congressman from South Carolina. Brooks is primarily remembered for his severe beating of Senator Charles Sumner on the floor of the United States Senate with a gutta-percha cane, delivered in response to an anti-slavery speech in which Sumner compared Brooks'...
(D). James L. Orr
James Lawrence Orr
James Lawrence Orr was an American politician who served as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives in the United States Congress...
(D). William W. Boyce
William Waters Boyce
William Waters Boyce was an attorney, South Carolina state politician, and a U.S. Congressman. He was also a prominent Confederate States of America politician during the American Civil War....
(D)
Tennessee
. Brookins CampbellBrookins Campbell
Brookins Campbell was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 1st congressional district of Tennessee.-Biography:...
(D), until December 25, 1853
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- Nathaniel G. TaylorNathaniel Green TaylorNathaniel Green Taylor was an American lawyer, farmer, and politician from Tennessee. He was U.S. Representative from Tennessee from 1854 to 1855, and again from 1866 to 1867, and Commissioner of Indian Affairs from 1867 to 1869...
(W), from March 30, 1854. William M. ChurchwellWilliam Montgomery ChurchwellWilliam Montgomery Churchwell was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives.-Biography:He was born near Knoxville, Tennessee in Knox County on February 20, 1826. He attended private schools and Emory and Henry College in Emory, Virginia from 1840 to 1843. He...
(D). Samuel A. SmithSamuel Axley SmithSamuel Axley Smith was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 3rd congressional district of Tennessee. He was born in Monroe County, Tennessee on June 26, 1822. He received a limited education, taught school, and studied law. He was admitted to the...
(D). William CullomWilliam CullomWilliam Cullom was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives. He was born on June 4, 1810 near Monticello, Kentucky in Wayne County. He attended the public schools and studied law in Lexington, Kentucky. He was admitted to the bar, and he practiced in the...
(W). Charles ReadyCharles ReadyCharles Ready was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for Tennessee's 5th congressional district. He was born in Readyville in Rutherford County, now called Cannon County, on December 22, 1802. He attended the common schools and graduated from...
(W). George W. JonesGeorge Washington Jones (Tennessee politician)George Washington Jones was an American politician who represented Tennessee's fifth district in the United States House of Representatives. He served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War....
(D). Robert M. BuggRobert Malone BuggRobert Malone Bugg was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for Tennessee's 7th congressional district.-Biography:...
(W). Felix ZollicofferFelix ZollicofferFelix Kirk Zollicoffer was a newspaperman, three-term United States Congressman from Tennessee, officer in the United States Army, and a Confederate brigadier general during the American Civil War...
(W). Emerson EtheridgeEmerson EtheridgeHenry Emerson Etheridge was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for Tennessee's 9th congressional district.-Biography:...
(W). Frederick P. StantonFrederick Perry StantonFrederick Perry Stanton was a member of the United States House of Representatives for Tennessee's 10th congressional district and an interim governor of territorial Kansas. He was born in Alexandria, Virginia on December 22, 1814...
(D)
- Nathaniel G. Taylor
Virginia
. Thomas H. BaylyThomas H. Bayly
Thomas Henry Bayly was a nineteenth century politician, lawyer and judge from Virginia. He was the son of Thomas M. Bayly.-Biography:...
(D). John S. Millson (D). John Caskie
John Caskie
John Samuels Caskie was a nineteenth century congressman, lawyer and judge from Virginia.Born in Richmond, Virginia, Caskie graduated from the University of Virginia in 1842, studied law and was admitted to the bar in around 1842, commencing practice in Richmond...
(D). William Goode
William Goode
William Osborne Goode was a nineteenth century American politician and lawyer from Virginia.-Personal life:...
(D). Thomas S. Bocock (D). Paulus Powell
Paulus Powell
Paulus Powell was a nineteenth century politician from Virginia.Born in Amherst County, Virginia, Powell attended private schools as a child and went on to attend Amherst College. He held several local offices and was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1843 to 1849...
(D). William Smith (D). Charles J. Faulkner
Charles J. Faulkner
Charles James Faulkner was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Virginia and West Virginia. He was the father of Charles James Faulkner....
(D). John Letcher
John Letcher
John Letcher was an American lawyer, journalist, and politician. He served as a Representative in the United States Congress, was the 34th Governor of Virginia during the American Civil War, and later served in the Virginia General Assembly...
(D). Zedekiah Kidwell
Zedekiah Kidwell
Zedekiah Kidwell was a nineteenth century politician, physician, lawyer, teacher and clerk from Virginia and West Virginia....
(D). John F. Snodgrass
John F. Snodgrass
John Fryall Snodgrass was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.Born in Berkeley County, Virginia , Snodgrass completed preparatory studies.He studied law....
(D), until June 5, 1854
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- Charles S. LewisCharles S. LewisCharles Swearinger Lewis was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.Born in Clarksburg, Virginia , Lewis attended local schools and Ohio University at Athens....
(D), from December 4, 1854. Henry A. EdmundsonHenry A. EdmundsonHenry Alonzo Edmundson was a nineteenth century congressman and lawyer from Virginia.-Early life:Born in Blacksburg, Virginia, Edmundson attended private schools as a child and went on to graduate from Georgetown University...
(D). LaFayette McMullenLaFayette McMullenLaFayette "Fayette" McMullen was a 19th century politician, driver, teamster and banker from the U.S. state of Virginia and Washington Territory....
(D)
- Charles S. Lewis
Non-voting members
. John W. Whitfield (D), from December 20, 1854. Henry M. Rice (D). Napoleon B. Giddings (D), from January 5, 1855. José Manuel GallegosJosé Manuel Gallegos
José Manuel Gallegos was a delegate to the US Congress from the Territory of New Mexico.Born in Abiquiú, in what is now Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, Gallegos attended parochial schools...
(D). Joseph Lane
Joseph Lane
Joseph Lane was an American general during the Mexican-American War and a United States Senator from Oregon.-Early life:...
(D). John M. Bernhisel. Columbia Lancaster
Columbia Lancaster
Columbia Lancaster was a Delegate from the Territory of Washington.-Early life:Born in New Milford, Connecticut, Lancaster moved with his family to Canfield, Ohio, in 1817. There he attended the common schools before he moved to Detroit, Michigan, in 1824...
(D), from April 12, 1854
Changes in membership
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.Senate
- replacements: 7
- Democrats (D)Democratic Party (United States)The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
: no net change - Whigs (W)Whig Party (United States)The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...
: 2 seat net loss - Free Soilers (FS)Free Soil PartyThe Free Soil Party was a short-lived political party in the United States active in the 1848 and 1852 presidential elections, and in some state elections. It was a third party and a single-issue party that largely appealed to and drew its greatest strength from New York State. The party leadership...
: 2 seat net gain
- Democrats (D)
- deaths: 2
- resignations: 4
- interim appointments: 1
- Total seats with changes: 13
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| Alabama
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| Vacant
| style="font-size:80%" | Failure to elect
| | Clement C. Clay
Clement Claiborne Clay
Clement Claiborne Clay was a U.S. senator from the state of Alabama from 1853 to 1861, and a C.S.A. senator from the Alabama from 1861 to 1863...
(D
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
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| November 29, 1853
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| Mississippi
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| Vacant
| style="font-size:80%" | Vacancy in term
| | Albert G. Brown
Albert G. Brown
Albert Gallatin Brown was Governor of Mississippi from 1844 to 1848 and a United States Senator from Mississippi from 1854 through 1861. Brown attended Mississippi College. He was a Democrat....
(D
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
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| January 7, 1854
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| Arkansas
(3)
| | Solon Borland
Solon Borland
Solon Borland was a newspaperman, soldier, diplomat, Democratic United States Senator from the State of Arkansas and a Confederate officer during the American Civil War.-Early life:...
(D
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned April 11, 1853 after being appointed Minister to Nicaragua
United States Ambassador to Nicaragua
The following is a list of United States Ambassadors, or other Chiefs of Mission, to Nicaragua. The title given by the United States State Department to this position is currently Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.-Ambassadors:-See also:...
and other Central American Republics
| | Robert W. Johnson
Robert Ward Johnson
Robert Ward Johnson was a Democratic United States Senator and Confederate States Senator from the State of Arkansas....
(D
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
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| July 6, 1853
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| Louisiana
(3)
| | Pierre Soulé
Pierre Soulé
Pierre Soulé was a U.S. politician and diplomat from Louisiana during the mid-19th century. He is best known for his role in writing the Ostend Manifesto, which was written in 1854 as part of an attempt to annex Cuba to the United States...
(D
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
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| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned April 11, 1853 after being appointed Minister to Spain
United States Ambassador to Spain
-Ambassadors:*John Jay**Appointed: September 29, 1779**Title: Minister Plenipotentiary**Presented credentials:**Terminated mission: ~May 20, 1782*William Carmichael**Appointed: April 20, 1790**Title: Chargé d'Affaires...
| | John Slidell
John Slidell
John Slidell was an American politician, lawyer and businessman. A native of New York, Slidell moved to Louisiana as a young man and became a staunch defender of southern rights as a U.S. Representative and Senator...
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Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
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| December 5, 1853
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| New Hampshire
(2)
| | Charles G. Atherton
Charles G. Atherton
Charles Gordon Atherton was a Democratic Representative and Senator from New Hampshire.-Biography:The son of Charles Humphrey Atherton and Mary Ann Toppan-Atherton, Charles G. Atherton was born in Amherst, New Hampshire on 4 July 1804...
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Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
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| style="font-size:80%" | Died November 15, 1853
| | Jared W. Williams
Jared W. Williams
Jared Warner Williams was an American lawyer and politician from Lancaster, New Hampshire. He graduated from Brown University at Providence, Rhode Island in 1818....
(D
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
)
| November 29, 1853
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| Vermont
(3)
| | Samuel S. Phelps
Samuel S. Phelps
Samuel Shethar Phelps was a United States Senator from Vermont. He was a member of the Whig Party.Phelps was born in Litchfield, Connecticut. He studied at Yale University and served as a military paymaster during the War of 1812. He then settled in Middlebury, Vermont and became a lawyer, soon...
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Whig Party (United States)
The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...
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| style="font-size:80%" | Senate declared not entitled to seat March 16, 1854
| | Lawrence Brainerd
Lawrence Brainerd
Lawrence Brainerd was a businessman, abolitionist and United States Senator from Vermont. He was the father of Anne Eliza Brainerd Smith and the father-in-law of Vermont Governor J. Gregory Smith....
(FS)
| October 14, 1854
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| Connecticut
(3)
| | Truman Smith
Truman Smith
Truman Smith was a politician, lawyer and judge from Connecticut. He was the nephew of Nathaniel Smith and Nathan Smith....
(W
Whig Party (United States)
The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...
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| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned May 24, 1854
| | Francis Gillette
Francis Gillette
Francis Gillette was a politician from Connecticut, USA. He was the father of playwright William Gillette and politician and editor Edward H. Gillette....
(FS)
| May 24, 1854
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| Massachusetts
(2)
| | Edward Everett
Edward Everett
Edward Everett was an American politician and educator from Massachusetts. Everett, a Whig, served as U.S. Representative, and U.S. Senator, the 15th Governor of Massachusetts, Minister to Great Britain, and United States Secretary of State...
(W
Whig Party (United States)
The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...
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| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned June 1, 1854
| | Julius Rockwell
Julius Rockwell
Julius Rockwell was a United States politician from Massachusetts, and the father of Francis Williams Rockwell.Rockwell was born in Colebrook, Connecticut and educated at private schools and then Yale, where he studied law, graduating in 1826. He was admitted to the bar and in 1830 commenced...
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Whig Party (United States)
The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...
)
| June 3, 1854
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| New Hampshire
(2)
| | Jared W. Williams
Jared W. Williams
Jared Warner Williams was an American lawyer and politician from Lancaster, New Hampshire. He graduated from Brown University at Providence, Rhode Island in 1818....
(D
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
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| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned August 4, 1854
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
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| New Hampshire
(3)
| | Moses Norris, Jr. (D
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
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| style="font-size:80%" | Died January 11, 1855
| | John S. Wells
John S. Wells
John Sullivan Wells was a United States Senator from New Hampshire. Born in Durham, he attended Pembroke Academy, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1828 and practiced in Guildhall, Vermont from 1828 to 1835. He moved to Lancaster, New Hampshire in 1836 and continued the practice of law until...
(D
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
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| January 16, 1855
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| Massachusetts
(2)
| | Julius Rockwell
Julius Rockwell
Julius Rockwell was a United States politician from Massachusetts, and the father of Francis Williams Rockwell.Rockwell was born in Colebrook, Connecticut and educated at private schools and then Yale, where he studied law, graduating in 1826. He was admitted to the bar and in 1830 commenced...
(W
Whig Party (United States)
The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...
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| style="font-size:80%" | Successor elected January 31, 1855
| | Henry Wilson
Henry Wilson
Henry Wilson was the 18th Vice President of the United States and a Senator from Massachusetts...
(FS)
| January 31, 1855
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| Iowa
(3)
| | Augustus C. Dodge
Augustus C. Dodge
Augustus Caesar Dodge was one of the first set of United States Senators to represent the state of Iowa after it was admitted to the Union as a state in 1846. Dodge, a Democrat, had also represented Iowa Territory in Congress as its delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from 1840 to...
(D
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned February 22, 1855 after being appointed Minister to Spain
United States Ambassador to Spain
-Ambassadors:*John Jay**Appointed: September 29, 1779**Title: Minister Plenipotentiary**Presented credentials:**Terminated mission: ~May 20, 1782*William Carmichael**Appointed: April 20, 1790**Title: Chargé d'Affaires...
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|}
House of Representatives
- replacements: 7
- Democrats (D)Democratic Party (United States)The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
: 2 seat net loss - Whigs (W)Whig Party (United States)The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...
: 3 seat net gain - Free Soilers (FS)Free Soil PartyThe Free Soil Party was a short-lived political party in the United States active in the 1848 and 1852 presidential elections, and in some state elections. It was a third party and a single-issue party that largely appealed to and drew its greatest strength from New York State. The party leadership...
: 1 seat net loss
- Democrats (D)
- deaths: 4
- resignations: 4
- Total seats with changes: 8
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| Vacant
| style="font-size:80%" | New seat established after Washington became a territory near the end of previous Congress. Seat was vacant until April 12, 1854.
| | Columbia Lancaster
Columbia Lancaster
Columbia Lancaster was a Delegate from the Territory of Washington.-Early life:Born in New Milford, Connecticut, Lancaster moved with his family to Canfield, Ohio, in 1817. There he attended the common schools before he moved to Detroit, Michigan, in 1824...
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Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
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| Seated April 12, 1854
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| | Azariah Boody
Azariah Boody
Azariah Boody was a Whig member of the United States House of Representatives, a railroad investor, and a trustee of the University of Rochester. He was born in Stanstead County, Quebec. He was married to Ambia Corson Boody .In 1852, Boody was elected to the Thirty-third United States Congress...
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Whig Party (United States)
The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...
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| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned some time in October, 1853
| | Davis Carpenter
Davis Carpenter
Davis Carpenter was a United States Representative from New York.Carpenter was born in Walpole, New Hampshire on December 25, 1799, where he studied medicine. He graduated from Middlebury College, Vermont in 1824, where he studied law...
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Whig Party (United States)
The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...
)
| Seated November 8, 1853
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| | Brookins Campbell
Brookins Campbell
Brookins Campbell was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 1st congressional district of Tennessee.-Biography:...
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Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
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| style="font-size:80%" | Died December 25, 1853
| | Nathaniel G. Taylor
Nathaniel Green Taylor
Nathaniel Green Taylor was an American lawyer, farmer, and politician from Tennessee. He was U.S. Representative from Tennessee from 1854 to 1855, and again from 1866 to 1867, and Commissioner of Indian Affairs from 1867 to 1869...
(W
Whig Party (United States)
The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...
)
| Seated March 30, 1854
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| | Henry A. Muhlenberg
Henry Augustus Muhlenberg
Henry Augustus Muhlenberg was an American politician and Congressman representing the state of Pennsylvania.Muhlenburg was member of the Muhlenberg Family political dynasty. He was born in Reading, Pennsylvania on July 21, 1823. His father, Henry A. P. Muhlenberg, was a Congressman and U.S...
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Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
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| style="font-size:80%" | Died January 9, 1854
| | J. Glancy Jones
Jehu Glancy Jones
Jehu Glancy Jones was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.J. Glancy Jones was born in Caernarvon Township, Pennsylvania. He attended Kenyon College, studied theology and was ordained to the ministry of the Episcopal Church in 1835 and withdrew in 1841...
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Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
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| Seated February 4, 1854
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| | Zeno Scudder
Zeno Scudder
Zeno Scudder was the son of Deacon Josiah and Hannah Scudder. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts. He was born in Osterville, Massachusetts on August 18, 1807. He wanted to follow the sea, but a paralysis of his right leg made that impossible...
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Whig Party (United States)
The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...
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| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned March 4, 1854
| | Thomas D. Eliot
Thomas D. Eliot
Thomas Dawes Eliot, was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts. He was born in Boston on March 20, 1808. Eliot was named after his grandfather Justice Thomas Dawes of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court....
(W
Whig Party (United States)
The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...
)
| Seated April 17, 1854
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| New seat
| style="font-size:80%" | New seat established after Kansas became a territory May 30, 1854. Seat was vacant until December 20, 1854.
| | John W. Whitfield
John Wilkins Whitfield
John Wilkins Whitfield was a territorial delegate to the United States Congress representing the Kansas Territory from 1854 until 1856. He was late a general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War....
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Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
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| Seated December 20, 1854
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| New seat
| style="font-size:80%" | New seat established after Nebraska became a territory May 30, 1854. Seat was vacant until January 5, 1855.
| | Napoleon B. Giddings
Napoleon Bonaparte Giddings
Napoleon Bonaparte Giddings was a United States Senator from the Nebraska Territory. In addition to his political career, Giddings was a captain in the U.S. Army, a political appointee in the Republic of Texas, an editor of a small town newspaper in Missouri, a 49er in the California Gold Rush and...
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Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
)
| Seated December 5, 1855
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| | John F. Snodgrass
John F. Snodgrass
John Fryall Snodgrass was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.Born in Berkeley County, Virginia , Snodgrass completed preparatory studies.He studied law....
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Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
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| style="font-size:80%" | Died June 5, 1854
| | Charles S. Lewis
Charles S. Lewis
Charles Swearinger Lewis was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.Born in Clarksburg, Virginia , Lewis attended local schools and Ohio University at Athens....
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Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
)
| Seated December 4, 1854
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| | Gilbert Dean
Gilbert Dean
Gilbert Dean was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:...
(D
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
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| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned July 3, 1854 after being appointed justice of the Supreme Court of New York
New York Court of Appeals
The New York Court of Appeals is the highest court in the U.S. state of New York. The Court of Appeals consists of seven judges: the Chief Judge and six associate judges who are appointed by the Governor to 14-year terms...
| | Isaac Teller
Isaac Teller
Isaac Teller was a U.S. Representative from New York, nephew of Abraham Henry Schenck.Born in Matteawan, New York, Teller completed preparatory studies and held several local offices....
(W
Whig Party (United States)
The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...
)
| Seated November 7, 1854
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| | Gerrit Smith
Gerrit Smith
Gerrit Smith was a leading United States social reformer, abolitionist, politician, and philanthropist...
(FS)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned August 7, 1854
| | Henry C. Goodwin
Henry C. Goodwin
Henry Charles Goodwin was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in De Ruyter, New York, Goodwin completed preparatory studies.He studied law....
(W
Whig Party (United States)
The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...
)
| Seated November 7, 1854
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| | Presley Ewing
Presley Ewing
Presley Underwood Ewing was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Russellville, Kentucky, Ewing attended the public schools.He completed preparatory studies....
(W
Whig Party (United States)
The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died September 27, 1854
| | Francis Bristow
Francis Bristow
Francis Marion Bristow was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He was born in Clark County, Kentucky. He pursued preparatory studies and studied law. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Elkton, Kentucky.Bristow was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives...
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Whig Party (United States)
The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...
)
| Seated December 4, 1854
|}
Senate
- ChaplainChaplain of the United States SenateThe Chaplain of the United States Senate opens each session of the United States Senate with a prayer, and provides and coordinates religious programs and pastoral care support for Senators, their staffs, and their families. The Chaplain is appointed by a majority vote of the members of the Senate...
: Clement M. Butler (Episcopalian)- Henry SlicerHenry SlicerHenry Slicer was a Methodist minister who served as Chaplain of the Senate for three separate terms.-Early years:...
(MethodistMethodismMethodism is a movement of Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations, claiming a total of approximately seventy million adherents worldwide. The movement traces its roots to John Wesley's evangelistic revival movement within Anglicanism. His younger brother...
), elected December 7, 1853
- Henry Slicer
- SecretarySecretary of the United States SenateThe Secretary of the Senate is an elected officer of the United States Senate. The Secretary supervises an extensive array of offices and services to expedite the day-to-day operations of that body...
: Asbury Dickens of North CarolinaNorth CarolinaNorth Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte... - Sergeant at ArmsSergeant at Arms of the United States SenateThe Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate is the law enforcer for the United States Senate. One of the chief roles of the Sergeant is to hold the gavel used at every session...
: Robert Beale- Dunning R. McNair, elected March 17, 1853
House of Representatives
- ChaplainChaplain of the United States House of RepresentativesThe election of William Linn as Chaplain of the House on May 1, 1789, continued the tradition established by the Continental Congresses of each day's proceedings opening with a prayer by a chaplain. The early Chaplains alternated duties with their Senate counterparts on a weekly basis, covering the...
: William H. Milburn (MethodistMethodismMethodism is a movement of Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations, claiming a total of approximately seventy million adherents worldwide. The movement traces its roots to John Wesley's evangelistic revival movement within Anglicanism. His younger brother...
) - ClerkClerk of the United States House of RepresentativesThe Clerk of the United States House of Representatives is an officer of the United States House of Representatives, whose primary duty is to act as the chief record-keeper for the House....
: John W. Forney - DoorkeeperDoorkeeper of the United States House of RepresentativesAn appointed officer of the United States House of Representatives from 1789 to 1995, the Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives was chosen by a resolution at the opening of each United States Congress. The Office of the Doorkeeper was based on precedent from the Continental...
: Zadock W. McKnew - PostmasterPostmaster of the United States House of RepresentativesThe Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives was an employee of the United States Congress from 1834 to 1993.Before the creation of the office of Postmaster, mail duties were handled by workers in the office of the Doorkeeper, who were paid additional compensation...
: John M. Johnson - Sergeant at ArmsSergeant at Arms of the United States House of RepresentativesThe United States House of Representatives Sergeant at Arms is an officer of the House with law enforcement, protocol, and administrative responsibilities. The Sergeant at Arms is elected at the beginning of each Congress by the membership of the chamber...
: Adam J. Glossbrenner